Case Study: Styrenix Performance Materials
Full PI Replacement.
7 Days.
Zero Downtime.
When an acquisition forced Styrenix to repurchase their entire PI system at full subscription pricing, they chose a different path. dataPARC migrated their full environment in 7 days — with zero downtime and seamless operator adoption.
The Story
A licensing ultimatum.
A 7-day migration.
Styrenix Performance Materials is a publicly listed company in India producing ABS and SAN resins across four production sites. In early 2025, an acquisition changed everything.
January 2025
The acquisition
Styrenix acquired INEOS Styrolution Thailand. The deal triggered a licensing reset on all of their existing operational software — including their PI System.
Weeks later
The ultimatum
AVEVA delivered the terms: repurchase the full PI System at list price. No corporate discount. Subscription only. And ProcessBook — the visualization tool their operations relied on daily — was reaching end-of-support. Pay significantly more for the same aging system, or find another way.
The decision
Styrenix chose dataPARC
Styrenix acquired INEOS Styrolution Thailand. The deal triggered a licensing reset on all of their existing operational software — including their PI System.
7 days later
Go-live at midnight on deadline
dataPARC went live at midnight on the PI decommission deadline. 15,000 tags configured from 3 OPC servers. 30 displays and reports migrated. 11 years of historical data preserved. Zero production downtime. Operators picked it up without training.
“Our operators immediately noticed the displays look familiar, but PARCview is significantly faster and more responsive. What we used to customize manually is now standard out of the box.”
This wasn’t a normal migration. The scope was real.
Standard historian migrations take three to six months. Styrenix had 7 days. Everything had to work the first time.
Results
What a licensing crisis became: a strategic advantage.
What started as a forced migration turned into a meaningful upgrade across technical performance, operational access, and long-term cost structure.
On-time delivery
Go-live at midnight on the PI decommission deadline. No delays. No extensions needed. The team delivered every requirement within the 7-day window.
Seamless adoption
Operators picked up PARCview without formal training. Converted displays maintained familiar layouts while delivering faster rendering and navigation.
Zero downtime
Full production continuity throughout the transition. Parallel operation allowed validation before cutover — no disruption to the manufacturing process.
Enhanced capabilities
Faster trend rendering than PI Vision. Standard features that required manual customization in PI. A more responsive, modern interface that operators actually prefer.
Expanded access
dataPARC’s unlimited client licensing means users who were never licensed for PI now have full access to process data. The entire organization benefits.
Long-term savings
Perpetual licensing versus AVEVA’s forced subscription model. No per-user fees. A cost structure that’s predictable and significantly lower over time.
What Migrated
A complete PI replacement — not a partial workaround.
dataPARC didn’t just replace one PI component. It replaced the full stack with direct equivalents for every tool Styrenix relied on.
Trending & Visualization
Replaces: PI ProcessBook, PI Vision
Desktop and web clients with rich trending, overlays, and interactive displays your operators already know how to use.
Dashboards & KPIs
Replaces: PI ProcessBook, PI Vision
Build real-time dashboards with drill-down, conditional formatting, and organization-wide sharing — no per-viewer cost.
Asset Hub
Replaces: PI Asset Framework
Organize tags, calculations, and metadata into asset hierarchies. Migrates directly from AF.
Excel add-in
Replaces: PI DataLink
Pull live and historical data directly into Excel. Build the same reports and workbooks your analysts depend on.
Advanced analytics
dataPARC exclusive
Centerline displays, operating envelopes, SPC/SQC tools, batch analysis, and scripting that go beyond PI’s native capabilities.
Migration utility
dataPARC exclusive
Bulk-convert ProcessBook displays, PI Vision screens, AF structures, and DataLink reports.
Your Turn
Could your plant do what Styrenix did?
Tell us about your PI environment and we’ll show you what a migration looks like for your organization — whether you have 7 days or 7 months.